Born again Keir Starmer can take heart from an unlikely Tory, David Cameron.
Back ahead in the polls, Labour continues hammering the sleazy Conservatives as the economy falters and the Opposition’s leader is in with a shout of winning the Premiership.
Today, we’re at a political moment as potentially transformative as 2007, when the public swung Left to Right.
Then, the beneficiary was Cameron who for two fruitless years failed to make headway as Tory leader and three years later found himself PM.
The game-changer was Gordon Brown haemorrhaging support by disastrously toying with an uncalled early election followed by the havoc inflicted by the global financial collapse.
Fast-forward to 2021 and grotesque Tory sleaze plus higher taxes, rising prices and low growth all squeezing living standards are Labour’s golden chance after a difficult 18 Covid months for Starmer.
Johnson’s vaccine bubble has burst as Labour’s recent run of poll advantages tentatively point to a change in the national mood which might, just might, be as significant as 2007.
Nothing is certain but tainted Johnson and tales of gluttonous MPs feathering their own nests are a party political broadcast for ending one-party Tory rule, particularly when No10 is lecturing everybody else on why their belts must be tightened.
Ruling for the Conservative sordid few, rather than the deserving public many, is Johnson vividly demonstrating his unsuitability for high office.
The scales are falling from the electorate’s eyes.
Tory MPs may ditch the PM before voters, with rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clearly eyeing the keys to No10.
Yet be merciless in attack and offer an attractive, compelling vision, and Starmer could emulate the Cameron of 2007 to 2010 – right down to deciding whether to rule as a minority Government or form a coalition.
The future is for Labour to win when the Conservatives are losing touch with the country.
